Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
Talk up the depot.

Barton county has new post Of
fee. 1t is called Clafin.
Charley Snyder is now an assistant
in the Pacific express Office.
Work has commenced on the re-
shingling of the court house.
Mr.. McNown is building fine res
idence in the east end of town.
What is going to be done about
the drive-ways through the park?
Miss Fowler leaves for her home in
Osceola, Iowa, Saturday afternoon.
E. A. Hassler and wife are now the
happy possesors of fine boy who
came only few days ago.
1t is to be hoped that the old build
ings, which have so long disfgured
Main street, will soon be moved.
Mr.. Tomlinson has sold out his resi-
dents in south east part of town to
Nick Dick, and starts for Washington
territory.
w. S. Murphy, a brother of our
City Clerk, G. w. Murphy, came in
last night. He will remain in the
city a few days.
The report is that the Ness City
nine have sent out to a number of
places to get good players for the
match game to-day.
Ghe river reached it's highest stage
last night about 10 o'clock. At that
time water was flowing pretty freely
around the railroad track.
Mr.. G. M. Smith is in town getting
acquainted with his family. He is
the general travelling agent for the
rotary STANDARD" sewing machine.
Lincoln Gault, who is now located
in Pueblo, is in the city for few
days on business. He looks as nat
ural on our streets as in the days of
yore.
The entertainment given by the
school last Saturday night is spoken of
as one of the most creditable per-
formances that has been listened to by
our people.
MARRIED-Last Sunday evening at
the German M. E. church, by Rev. H.
II. Hickman, Mr.. William Picker to
Miss Sophia Lagmiller. They will
make their home at Great Bend
The Dodge City nine have issued a
challenge to play any nine from Great
Bend west to Coolidge for any amount
up to $500. We have not heard,
but presume that our boys will accept
the challenge.
Larned is making great prepara-
ton for the celebration of the 4th of
July. We suppose that we will be
compelled to content ourselves with
the show, soon to be, and all go in a
. body to visit Larned's celebration.
Last Sunday afternoon the Arkan-
sas river was out of banks at Garden
City. There have been some very
heavy rains recently in the western
part of the state, and this together
with the melting Of snow in the
Noun tains is likely to give us a flood
down here.
Mr.. S. r. Barrett, the show man.
will give our people their moneys
worth of circus, we believe. He acts
as his own agent, and from the fact
that he did not try to cut us down on
our advertising prices, we think he
will do the square thing all around.
We were talking with real estate
man yesterday, man who thinks
much and says little, and he assured
us that it was his honest conviction
that within the next thirty days we
shall have the greatest activity in the
real estate market ever known in
Great Bend.
A number of the boys want to try
the new remedy for badness. For
their heneft we here give it: Get a
Iucket fill of nice, clear water, put
it under the BED; next procure one
gallon of salt and, just before going TO |
led, rub the salt we'll in on your
sea lp. In tae night the hair will